Books, books, books
When you start studying, you obviously need study books. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Below, you will be able to find an overview of the books you need for your first year courses.
Note: The mandatory introduction courses to politics and literature do not require you to have any books. The mandatory introduction courses to linguistics do require you to have a certain book. All information on this book and the language courses books you need in the first year can be found below.
Be sure to order your books as soon as possible because delivery times can get very extensive since a lot of students around the world need new study books.
You don’t want to spend a lot of money on books? We get it. Via the website WO4YOU you can order study books with a discount of 18%. Or check our FaceBook page ‘Esperia’s Study Books‘. You can buy books from other members or post a request for a needed book.
Note: for the third year courses either no literature is needed or the material will be online provided by the teachers.
First year courses
These courses are mandatory for first year students and for the courses L&S A and L&S B you need to have the following book:
The study of language, 8th edition. Cambridge: CUP. George Yule
ISBN: 9781009233446
This book is used for both courses which are given in the first and second semester of the academic year.
For the language course Dutch 1 you need to have the following book:
- Nederlands in gang – Methode Nederlands voor hoogopgeleide anderstaligen
ISBN: 9789046905609 - Zeeguu (online learning environment) – a paid license will be provided in the first seminar.
For the language course Dutch 2 you need to have the following book:
- Nederlands in actie – Berna de boer, Margaret van der Kamp, Simone Pentermann
ISBN: 9789046908426
For the language courses English you do not need to have any books. All teaching materials for the English language courses will be provided by the teachers via pdf documents or are freely accessable via the university library.
For the language course French plus 1 you need to have the following books:
- Grammaire progressive du français – Niveau avancé – 3ème édition – Livre + CD + Appli-web
ISBN: 9789054511571 - Grammaire progressive du français – Niveau avancé – 3ème édition – Corrigés
ISBN: 978905451188 - Un sac de billes
ISBN: 9782253029496 - Débattre en FLE B1-C2
ISNB: 9782340047501
Note: the digital version of this book is accepted as well
For the language course French plus 2 you can use the same books as for French plus 1.
For the language course German plus 1 you need to have the following books:
- Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – Aktuell / Hueber-Verlag, 2. Auflage, 2009/2015. – 9783193072559
- Lösungsschüssel für Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – Aktuell / Hueber-Verlag, 2009. – 9783194072558
For the language course German plus 2 you need can use the same books as for German plus 1.
For the language course Italian 1 you need to have the following book:
- Universitalia 2.0 A1/A2. Corso di italiano. Libro dello studente e esercizi. Alma Edizioni: Firenze, 2018.
ISBN: 978-88-6182-590-1 - Recommended: Grammatica di base dell’italiano
ISBN: 9788416057962
For the language course Italian 2 you do not need any other books but the recommended Grammatica di base is still useful.
For the language course Russian 1 you need to have the following book:
- Tochka ru Russian course A1 (workbook and textbook)
ISBN: 978-5-9908983-0-1
For the language course Russian 2 you need to have the following book:
- Tochka ru A2 (workbook and textbook)
ISBN: 9785604073339 - Short Stories in Russian for Beginners
ISBN: 9781473683495
For the language course Spanish basic 1 you need to have the following book:
- Gente Hoy 1, Libro del alumno +MP3 (Difusión editors / Talenland)
ISBN: 9789463250054 - Gente Hoy 1, Libro de trabajo (Difusión editors / Talenland)
ISBN: 9789463250061 - Cuadernos de Gramática Española A1 + CD (Difusión editors / Talenland)
ISBN: 9788415620686 - Un día en Málaga or Un día en México or Un día en La Habana (Difusión/Talenland)
For the language course Spanish basic 2 you need to have the following book:
- Gente Hoy 2, Libro del alumno. Barcelona (Difusión / Talenland)
ISBN: 9789463250603 - Gente Hoy 2, Libro de trabajo. Barcelona (Difusión / Talenland)
ISBN: 9788415640387 - Gramática Básica del Estudiante de español A1-B2 (Difusión / Talenland)
ISBN: 9788418032110
For the language course Spanish plus 1 you need to have the following books:
- Gente Hoy 2, Libro del alumno. Barcelona: Difusión / Talenland. – 9789463250603
- Gente Hoy 2, Libro de trabajo. Barcelona:Difusión / Talenland. – 9788415640387
- Gramática Básica del Estudiante de español A1-B2. Difusión / Talenland – 9788418032110
For the language course Spanish plus 2 you need to have the following books:
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro del alumno. Difusión /Talenland – 9788415640400
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro de trabajo.Difusión /Talenland – 9788415640417
- Gramática Básica del Estudiante de español A1-B2. Difusión / Talenland – 9788418032110
For the language course Swedish 1 you need to have the following books:
- Uttalsboken, Natur och Kultur 2007.
ISBN: 9789127406452 - Rivstart A1+A2: textbok, 2:a uppl., Natur och Kultur 2023.
ISBN: 9789127462342 - Rivstart A1+A2: övningsbok, 2:a uppl., Natur och Kultur 2023.
ISBN: 9789127462366
For the language course Swedish 2 you need to have the following books:
- Rivstart B1 + B2 Övningsbok
ISBN: 9789127434240 - Rivstart B1 + B2 Textbok
ISBN: 9789127434233
Second year courses
For profile course L&S 3: Language Learning, you need the following book:
- How Languages are learned (4th ed.) – 01945411266
For some of the L&S plus courses you need the following books:
- L&S+ 1: Minority Languages 1
- Recommended to buy the Wadsworth Handbook (10th ed. or later)
- L&S+ 1: Syntaxis 2 (Dutch only)
- Introducing Syntax (Cambridge University Press, 2017) – 9781107480643
- L&S+ 2: Language Optimization
- English sentence analysis – 9789027225665
- L&S+ 2: Intercultural Communication
- Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication (2nd ed. 2019, Routlegde)
- L&S+ 2: Semantiek (Dutch only)
- Semantics, 4th ed. 2016, Wiley Backwell, this book is available as e-book through the RUG library – 9781118430163
- L&S+ 2: Meaning and Use
- Semantics, 4th ed. 2016, Wiley Backwell, this book is available as e-book through the RUG library – 9781118430163
- L&S+ 4: Language and Power
- Language, Society and Power – 9780415786249
For all other L&S and L&S+ courses the teaching materials are online provided by the teachers.
For the profile course P&S 1: Institutions & Politics of the EU you need the following book:
- European Union Politcs (7th ed.) – 9780198862239
The literature for the CEES 1 course: Then and Now have yet to be announced.
For all other P&S and P&S+ courses the teaching materials are online provided by the teachers.
You don’t need books for any C&L or C&L+ courses. All the teaching materials will be online provided by the teachers.
For the language course Dutch 3 you need to have the following book:
- De regels van het Nederlands Werkboek – 9789086597673
For the language courses English you do not need to have any books. All teaching materials for the English language courses will be provided by the teachers via pdf documents or are freely accessable via the university library.
For the language course French plus 3 you need to have the following books:
- Grammaire progressive du français – Niveau perfectionnement (B2/C2) – Corrigés
- Grammaire progressive du françasi – Niveau perfectionnement (B2/C2) – Livre
- Phonétique progressive du français – Niveau intermédiaire (A2/B1) – Livre + CD – 2ième édition
- Phonétigue progressive du français – Niveau intermédiaire (A2/B1) – Corrigés – 2ème édition
- SEMESTER 1 ONLY – Les impatientes (édition papier ou numérique)
- SEMESTER 1 ONLY – Contours du jour qui vient (édition papier ou numérique)
- SEMESTER 1 ONLY – Petit Pays (édition papier ou numérique)
- SEMESTER 2 ONLY – Les saveurs du béton
- SEMESTER 2 ONLY – Baume du tigre
- SEMESTER 2 ONLY – L’arabe du futur Tome 1
- SEMESTER 2 ONLY – Je suis au pays avec ma mère
For the language course German plus 3 you need to have the following books:
- Richtg wissenschaftlich schreiben: Wissenschaftssprache in Regeln und Übungen. Padeborn: UTB. – 978382547324
- Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – Aktuall/ Hueber-Verlag – 9783193072559
- Wissenschaftlich formulieren – 9783825250683
- Lösungsschüssel für Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – Aktuell/ Hueber-Verlag, 2009. – 9783194072558
For the language course Italian 3 it is recommended to have the following book:
- Grammatica di base dell’italiano – 9788416057962
For the language course Russian 3 the books have yet to be announced.
For the language course Spanish basic 3 you need to have the following books:
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro del alumno. Difusión/Talenland – 9788415640400
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro de trabajo. Difusión/Talenland – 9788415640417
- Gramática Básica del Estudiante de español A1-B2. Difusión/Talenland – 9788418032110
For the language course Spanish plus 3 you need to have the following books:
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro del alumno. Difusión /Talenland – 9788415640400
- Gente Hoy 3, Libro de trabajo.Difusión /Talenland – 9788415640417
- Gramática Básica del Estudiante de español A1-B2. Difusión / Talenland – 9788418032110
For the language course Swedish 3 you need to have the following books:
- Rivstart B2 + C1 Övningsbok – 9789127434264
- Rivstart B2 + C1 Textbok – 9789127448568
For some of the language specific courses you need to buy the following books:
- L&S 1 English
- Understanding English as a Lingua France (Oxford University Press, 2011) – 9780194375009
- C&L 1 English
- Two Lives – Vikram Seth
- C&L 1 Swedish
- Epikanalys (1999), Holmberg – 9789144008042
- L&S 1 German
- Phonetik und Phonologie, 2011, Richard Wiese – 9783825233549
For the following language specific courses the literature has yet to be announced:
- C&L 1 Dutch, German, French and Spanish
- P&S 1 French and Swedish
For the other language specific courses the teaching material will be provided online by the teachers.